Holy Bone

Chapter 1630: Testing and King Zunyi's Approval

As a cultivator, Jin'an had experienced countless life and death situations in the past two years and had already developed a strong will. He was not intimidated by King Zunyi's aura.

He naturally understood the hidden meaning in King Zun Yi's words, and he replied calmly: "I didn't expect these unscrupulous book vendors to have sold these privately printed booklets to the border areas. It is true that there is no profit without profit. Wherever there is profit, there will be such unscrupulous businessmen."

"There are too many versions of privately printed books. Booksellers compete with each other and print more books. There was even a case of kidnapping each other's printers in the capital. Our Criminal Investigation Department has arrested and sentenced several groups of people, but it still continues. So how many booksellers have secretly printed and what versions they have, I'm afraid even the booksellers themselves can't tell clearly..."

Jin An said so much before, just to pave the way for the next sentence, emphasizing the word "interests", and the following sentence is the key: "Because I don't know which version the booklet that fell into the hands of King Zun Yi belongs to, it is difficult to answer King Zun Yi's question accurately for the time being. Take the content of the privately printed book "The Case of Cannibalism and Bones of the Marquis of Shenwu" for example. In the version that King Zun Yi has read, does it mention that the real murderer Liu Yun is helping someone find the bones of a little girl?"

"It's not accurate to say that it was a case of cannibalism. It's more accurate to say it was a case of cannibalism, because first there was the bone collector who was looking for the girl's body, and then there was the ghoul Liu Yun raised by the bone collector who was eating people everywhere."

King Zunyi frowned, but as a commander of a million soldiers and horses, he was able to manage them in an orderly manner and dispatch them well. There had never been a mutiny in the barracks. King Zunyi was very shrewd and able to keep his composure. On the surface, he looked calm and normal, and no one could see any flaws.

Jin'an came here to take responsibility and apologize for the heinous crime of tomb robbers stealing from the ancestral tomb of King Zunyi within the jurisdiction of the Criminal Investigation Department. He also came to test King Zunyi and try to get some details and clues from him.

Seeing that King Zunyi remained silent, Jinan made another shocking statement, constantly testing King Zunyi's bottom line: "For example, take the 'God of War Marquis' Guimo Mountain Tomb Robbery Case' that King Zunyi mentioned. I wonder if the version of the booklet that King Zunyi read mentioned the details of 'digging up the corpse pills of the thousand-year-old corpse king as a medicine lead to make the elixir of immortality'? The real purpose of those tomb robbers is nothing else but to steal corpses to make the elixir of immortality."

Jin An was hinting that he had made some progress in investigating both cases, and was also telling King Zun Yi that the tomb robbers from Gui'e Mountain and Feihe Mountain were not from the same gang, and that the two gangs had different goals.

As expected, King Zunyi frowned even more.

But King Zunyi was able to keep his composure. Even though Jin'an had pointed it out to this extent, King Zunyi still had no intention of being honest with him.

So, Jin An tested King Zun Yi's bottom line for the third time: "I heard that there is a Feihe Mountain next to Gui Mo Mountain. I remember that King Zun Yi's ancestors were buried in Feihe Mountain. A few months ago, a group of tomb robbers entered Feihe Mountain, but they were discovered by the gravekeepers not long after entering the mountain. The whereabouts of these tomb robbers are still unknown, and their lives and deaths are unknown. Moreover, no one from Feihe Mountain has reported the case to the government. No one has reported to the authorities, which means there is no case to investigate. There are no victims and no suspects. The Criminal Investigation Department has not been able to file a case so far."

"Does King Zun Yi know about these things? Are these details mentioned in the book "The Tomb Robbery Case of Gui Mo Mountain by Marquis Shenwu" that King Zun Yi mentioned?"

Jin'an was reminding King Zunyi that he, the Criminal Investigation Department, knew everything that happened in the capital, big or small. It was useless to hide it from him because he already knew everything.

Finally, I would like to warn Prince Zunyi that the choice of whether to investigate this case lies not in the hands of the Criminal Investigation Department, but in the hands of Prince Zunyi's Palace.

Jin Ancheng answered neither humbly nor arrogantly. He was not afraid of the pressure from King Zunyi's aura at all. His answers were clear and fluent, and he seemed to be trying to turn the tables and force King Zunyi to express his position. Fatty Li at the side was so excited that his eyes sparkled and he almost jumped up and gave a thumbs up.

Looking at all the officials in the capital, there were not many who dared to speak so harshly to King Zunyi. Moreover, he turned the tables and showed signs of suppressing King Zunyi. He pressed King Zunyi step by step with three consecutive questions, and for a while he was in the limelight.

Fatty Li thought Jin An was very powerful. Even without Princess Han Yun, he was not inferior to King Zun Yi in terms of momentum.

"If Princess Hanyun was here, she would be a constraint to Taoist Jin'an, and she would not be able to respond to Prince Zunyi so calmly. No wonder Taoist Jin'an did not let me go to Princess Hanyun for help. It turned out that he was worried that Princess Hanyun's presence would affect his performance." Fatty Li thought to himself, and admired Jin'an. The more Fatty Li thought about it, the more excited he became. He wanted to run back to Wuzang Taoist Temple and describe the situation in Prince Zunyi's mansion with great emotion.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Jin'an and Princess Hanyun had a close relationship.

Prince Zunyi is the father of Princess Hanyun.

Today, Jin'an confronted King Zunyi head-on in front of him.

This kind of excitement is what Wuzang Taoist Temple loves to watch the most.

Fatty Li continued to sip his tea with his head down, pretending to be busy, but in fact he pricked up his ears and excitedly eavesdropped on the conversation between the two.

Under Jin'an's relentless pressure, King Zunyi could no longer avoid the situation by keeping silent and pretending to know nothing.

This time, Prince Zunyi looked at Jin'an again with a bit more surprise and astonishment in his eyes. It was his Prince Zunyi's palace that was robbed of its ancestral tomb, but Jin'an turned the tables with just a few words and attacked him, pursuing him relentlessly. This reversal of positions is quite intriguing.

"Okay, okay, okay." King Zunyi retracted his aura and suddenly laughed heartily.

"Shenwu Hou is indeed a young hero, full of vigor and wit. With just a few words, you have made me speechless. I have a new respect for you, Shenwu Hou. I already believe that the experience of solving cases in the book is true."

King Zunyi was implicitly admitting that Jinan's three questions were all true.

There is indeed such a person as the little girl that the bone collector has been looking for.

The mountain guard of Zunyi Palace on Feihe Mountain did catch a group of tomb robbers, and these were not ordinary tomb robbers, and were different from those on Guie Mountain.

"Marquis Shenwu is a young hero, both civil and military. He is a martial artist with unrivaled martial arts skills, and a judge of yin and yang. He has the righteous spirit to redress injustices for the people. At such a young age, he is both civil and military, and has secured the position of commander of the Criminal Investigation Department. I finally understand why the people support Marquis Shenwu so much. Marquis Shenwu does have a unique temperament that is different from others."

King Zunyi was generous in his praise.

Isn't this a hint, suggesting that he recognized Jin'an's ability to do things, and that the fact that someone went to Feihe Mountain to dig up his ancestral grave under the nose of the Criminal Investigation Department would not be pursued.

Fatty Li clearly felt the atmosphere in the hall become relaxed. He, who had been trying to cover up his anger by drinking tea, breathed a sigh of relief, quickly put down the tea, and sat up straight. Since King Zun Yi had admitted all these things, the next step was to get down to business.

When King Zunyi learned that the employers behind the several waves of bone collectors were from the palace, I wonder what his reaction would be...